Townsville

"The city of Townsville " — Narrator

Townsville
Location Information
Type	City
Residents	Citizens of Townsville
County	Pokey Oaks County
Country	United States of America
Out of universe information
Appearances in the 1998 TV series
First	Monkey See, Doggie Do
Last	The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!
Appearances in the 2016 TV series
First	Escape from Monster Island
Last	Sideline Dad

Townsville is the main setting of The Powerpuff Girls. It is the city in which the Powerpuff Girls and Professor Utonium reside. The Narrator always opens each episode with the phrase: "The City of Townsville..."

Townsville is depicted as a beautiful place. It is filled with clean air, home of the superheroines, sharing, and friendly citizens. At the same time, however, crime is rampant in the city, with creatures of all shapes and sizes frequently coming to Townsville with bad intentions - this is when the Powerpuff Girls come forward to save the day in Townsville.

Features

Despite its name, Townsville is a city and not a town or village. Townsville is the largest city in Pokey Oaks County by population and land area. Citiesville is the second largest in the county, also by population and land area. Citiesville could be like a twin city of Townsville, like St. Paul is to Minneapolis and Fort Worth is to Dallas.

Overall, Townsville is similar to various major cities in the United States in terms of its appearance, particularly New York City. The design of the tallest skyscrapers in Townsville are based off the Empire State Building and One Liberty Plaza in New York City, as well as Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A freestanding tower can prominently be seen in the Townsville skyline; its design is similar to the CN Tower in Toronto and the Space Needle in Seattle.

There is a suspension bridge in Townsville crossing a bay and harbor with no given name. It is based on the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles, California; San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California; the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California; and St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon.

The design of Townsville Hall is based off the New York City Hall, while the design of Townsville Convention Center is based off the New York Convention Center.

City skyline

The city skyline is the opening scene of nearly every episode. Exceptional episode openings include the Citiesville skyline in "Town and Out", the Citiesburg skyline in a Freedom Gal comic at the start of "Super Zeroes", and the Farmsville area in "Beat Your Greens."

In the first season, the city skyline was yellow. In seasons 2-4, the skyline was blue. From the movie onward (including the 2016 series), the city skyline is a cyan and white mixture.

City fame

This city is most famous for an active volcano found in Townsville Central Park (which would later become the base for Mojo Jojo's Observatory). The city is also famous for crime rates, giant monster attacks, day-savings, the Little Tokyo district, and taffy.

Little Tokyo, Townsville is based on various districts known as Little Tokyo, Chinatown, and Japantown.

Townsville Central Park

Townsville Central Park is where people, young and old, read books, play games, and have a good time. The park is also home to Mojo Jojo, who lives in his lair atop a volcano. It is similar to Central Park in New York City.

Forest

The forest outside the immediate vicinity of Townsville is home to precious little woodland creatures, including the now-honorary member of the Powerpuff Girls, Bullet (introduced in "Stray Bullet"). It is also the home to villain Fuzzy Lumpkins.

Locations in the city of Townsville

• The Powerpuff Girls and Professor Utonium's house
• Townsville Hall
• Mojo's Lair
• Townsville Police Department
• Townsville's Old Magic Theater
• Pokey Oaks Kindergarten
• Townsville Park
• Townsville Volcano
• Little Tokyo, Townsville
• Townsville Convention Center
• Malph's Market
• Townsville Zoo
• Donut Thing
• Pokey Folks
• Pickleheim
• Hot Dogs On A Skewer
• Townsville City Opera House
• Townsville Museum
• Townsville Bank
• Bonsai Gardens Park
• Townsville Oil Refinery
• Bobbins Brothers Jewelry Store
• Townsville Mall
• The Powerpuff Store
• Clumpkins Department Store
• Midway Elementary School
• The Townsville sign (a parody of the Hollywood Sign)
• Townsville Library

Gallery

The City of Townsville at night.

Raining in the City of Townsville

The "City of Townsville", from The Powerpuff Girls Movie.

The City of Townsville at night in The Powerpuff Girls (2016)

Map of Townsville as shown in the Powerzine

Trivia

• The coordinates of Townsville are fictionally given as 32°N by 212°W in season 4, episode 4: Him Diddle Riddle. 212°W does not actually exist, as the lines of longitude only increase numerically from the Prime Meridian in either the east or west direction until they meet at 180°. If however, 212°W is assumed to be reached by traveling west from the Prime Meridian and then going past the 180th meridian, it would correspond to 148°E. This set of coordinates in real life would place Townsville in the Pacific Ocean, several hundred kilometers southeast of Japan.
• In the dub of Powerpuff Girls Z, Townsville is renamed to New Townsville (in the original show it is just Tokyo).
• Townsville is also the name of a city which exists in the real world: Townsville, Queensland, Australia. There is also a Townsville in North Carolina, the United States; however, it is not a city, but rather an unincorporated community in Vance County. Neither of these places derived their name from the fictional city, being much older than the franchise itself.